English Language & Linguistics

9th in the UK for Modern Languages and Linguistics according to The Guardian University Guide 2013.

Linguistics, the scientific study of language, seeks to understand how languages are structured, used and acquired. What structural elements do languages have in common and in what ways do they differ? Are humans genetically predisposed to learn language? How does our linguistic and cultural background affect communication?

Students of English Language and Linguistics are highly articulate and some of the most employable graduates. English Language and Linguistics at Kent offers a range of undergraduate single and joint-honours programmes, exciting opportunities for study abroad and a wide module selection. Our postgraduate programmes offer more specialist study supported by academics with track records in world-leading ressearch.

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Centre for Language and Linguistic Studies Guest Lecture

Professor Anne Judge will be presenting a paper entitled 'French linguistic policies and the Regional Languages: an ideological battleground' for the Centre for Language and Linguistic Studies on Tuesday 14th May, at 5pm, in CoLT3. The talk will focus on the tangled politics of minority language recognition in the French context, and will be of interest to French specialists (especially those taking FR615 -French: Socio-Linguistics) and to non-specialists al...

10th May 2013

SECL linguist to appear on BBC1′s The One Show

19th April 2013

Call for Summer School Scholarship applications

10th April 2013

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Today sees the start of the two-day conference for our student journal, Skepsi, entitled 'Ghosts in the Flesh': http://t.co/qTrbSEGD0F

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Good luck to our French students taking an exam today.

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